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EU digital rights group EDRi warns "Digital Omnibus" proposals weaken GDPR and ePrivacy safeguards. These changes, presented as simplification, risk deregulation and undermine fundamental rights protections for citizens.

Norway-based Trener Robotics lands €26M Series A for its AI robot skills platform, accelerating industrial automation. Funding fuels R&D and global expansion for adaptable robotic teammates.

Berlin's Andercore secures €33. 5 million to scale its AI-driven industrial trade platform across Europe....

London's Overmind secures £2M seed funding to build AI agent supervision. The startup accelerates secure deployment of autonomous AI systems in regulated industries.

Berlin-based Andercore secures $40M Series B for its AI industrial trade platform. The company facilitates cross-border wholesale trade across seven European markets, aiming for broader category expansion.

French VC Elaia launches its fifth Digital Venture Fund, closing at €120 million to back European B2B tech startups. The fund targets pre-Seed to Series B rounds, investing up to €15 million per company.

Civil society groups urge EU lawmakers to reject AI Omnibus proposals weakening AI Act transparency. This move risks fundamental rights and enforcement for negligible company benefits.

Irish fintech Circit secures $22m to fuel product innovation and expand its network, with a significant focus on US growth. The funding accelerates its digital platform's reach beyond European borders.

London AI firm Seamflow secures $4. 5M seed funding to streamline global testing and certification processes....

London's Mozart AI secures $6M to transform music creation with AI tools. The platform, used by 100,000+ beta users, enables rapid song and video generation for commercial use.

London-based Occam raises €3M for drone autonomy software. Its OccamX autopilot uses computer vision to enable drone independence from GPS and signal jamming.

Berlin's Circle Health secures €9M to build an AI-powered preventive health platform. The funding will accelerate the rollout of its Circle OS, integrating diagnostics and digital tools for proactive care.

Porters secures €2. 7M pre-seed for AI software streamlining banking operations....

London AI drug safety startup Sable Bio raises €3. 2M to accelerate its predictive platform....

EU regulators warn Meta against blocking rival AI bots on WhatsApp. This move risks stifling competition and consumer choice in the burgeoning AI chatbot market.

Mistral AI launches new on-device speech-to-text models. These models empower developers with private, powerful AI capabilities for European applications.

WhatsApp scores a win as the European Court of Justice allows direct appeals against the European Data Protection Board. This decision impacts potential multi-billion euro data protection fines for Meta.

Spain's MareNostrum 5 supercomputer receives €129 million to integrate AI capabilities. The upgrade, co-funded by Spain, Portugal, and Turkey, aims to boost its capacity for AI model training and inference.

Budapest-based Allonic secures $7. 2M, the largest Hungarian pre-seed round ever, to rebuild robotics hardware....

EDRi urges the Council to reject the Digital Omnibus proposal, citing fundamental rights violations and poor regulatory practice. The group demands the Commission resubmit the legislation with comprehensive assessments.